Ann C. Zovein joins Department of Pediatrics
New UCSF Faculty, September 2010
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Forbes features UCSF's virtual build-out of medical center
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Irby to Receive International Prize in Medical Education Research
David Irby, vice dean for Education at the UCSF School of Medicine, will receives a prize from the Karolinska Institutet for his finding that medical expertise is necessary, but not enough to become a great teacher in medicine.
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UCSF Debuts Facebook Fan Page as Part of Social Media Strategy
UCSF is launching a Facebook fan page and a page focusing on the upcoming “Stand Up to Cancer” national telecast on September 10 to raise the visibility of the health sciences university.
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UCSF Receives $15 Million to Advance Personalized Medicine
UCSF scientists will receive two grants totaling $15.1 million over the next five years to expand their research into how genes affect an individual’s response to medication and to strengthen a global network of researchers involved in these efforts.
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Local TV news shows promise of UCSF artificial kidney device
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CBS Evening News and KGO-TV talk tasers with UCSF expert
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UCSF Finishes as Top Five Fundraising Team in Final AIDS Walk Results
The UCSF contingent finished in fifth place for its fundraising efforts out of all the teams that participated in AIDS Walk San Francisco 2010, according to the final official fundraising tally.
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UCSF Employee Assaulted at 16th and Mission Streets
A UCSF employee was struck in the face by an African-American woman while walking to the BART Station at night, according to the UCSF Police Department.
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Advocate Receives Mayor's Disability Council Beacon Award
Longtime disability rights advocate Alice Wong was recognized recently by the Mayor’s Disability Council for her leadership on behalf of people with disabilities.
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Tina Penick Brock joins Clinical Pharmacy Department
New UCSF Faculty, September 2010
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Jonan R. Chan joins Neurology Department
New UCSF Faculty, September 2010
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UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis
UCSF researchers today unveiled a prototype model of the first implantable artificial kidney, in a development that one day could eliminate the need for dialysis.
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Biochemical pathway may link addiction, compulsive eating
Ezlopitant, a compound known to suppress craving for alcohol in humans, was shown to decrease consumption of sweetened water by rodents in a study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, which is affiliated with UCSF.
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UC Task Force Recommends Changes to Post-Employment Benefits
If Regents approve one of the recommendations from a UC task force on post-employment benefits, faculty and staff will contribute 5 percent of their pay to the UC Retirement Plan by July 2012.
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UCSF Video Depicts Story of Mount Sutro
A new video describes proposals for the ongoing management of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, a 61-acre forest within UCSF’s Parnassus campus.
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UC Considers Proposed Changes for Pension, Retiree Health Benefits
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Symposium to Highlight Prospects, Challenges of Translating Stem Cell Science into Future Therapies
UCSF is co-sponsoring a symposium on September 27 and 28 to provide scientists and physicians with the “nuts and bolts” of translating stem cell science into cell-based products for clinical trials.
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Can Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Be Stopped Before it Begins?
UCSF researchers at the San VA Medical Center have been working with US Air Force officers to develop and field test Deployment Anxiety Reduction Training with the goal of stopping post-traumatic stress disorder before it starts.
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Zen Hospice, UCSF partner on opening of new patient facility
A celebration of the Zen Hospice Project’s Guest House re-opening and new partnership with UCSF Medical Center.
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UC to Consider Proposed Changes to UC Retirement Benefits
The University of California will consider recommendations on changes to post-employment benefits that are outlined in a task force’s report now posted on the <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/ucrpfuture/">Future of the UC Retirement Benefits website</a>.
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Academic Senate Joins RAP Making Grant Process Easier for UCSF Researchers
The UCSF Academic Senate is now collaborating with other groups in the Resource Allocation Program (RAP) to make obtaining intramural research funding easier for faculty.
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UCSF Chancellor Delivers First Anniversary Message
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann delivers a video message to the UCSF community to mark her first anniversary at the helm of the University.
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Shavit Honored by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for Community Leadership
UCSF physician Shira Shavit was honored recently for creating a medical home for former prison inmates and their families.
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Social Support is Key to Nursing Home Length of Stay Before Death
In a study of elderly Americans who moved to a nursing home for their final months or years of life, 80 percent died there within one year, according to an investigation by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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Stem cell ruling would halt research, UCSF scientist says
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Environmental Health Expert Calls for Improved Scientific Study of Gulf Coast Oil Disaster
UCSF environmental health specialist Gina Solomon is calling for improved scientific study of and publicly available and robust data about the health hazards posed by the BP oil disaster.
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UCSF research on smoking in movies garners national news
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UCSF Seeks New Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Outreach
UCSF is looking for an internal candidate – either a member of the faculty or staff – to become the University’s first vice chancellor of diversity and outreach.
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UCSF obesity study receives widespread media coverage